Sven Hörstadius
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Sven Hörstadius (1898–1996) was a Swedish embryologist known for his work on sea urchin embryos.[1][2]
He was responsible for an increased understanding of the neural crest.[3]
Hörstadius studied under John Runnström at Stockholm University College and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1930. He was appointed professor of zoology at Uppsala University 1942, where he remained until his retirement in 1964, but continued to lecture as an emeritus. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1946 and of the Royal Society in 1952.
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- ^ "JSTOR: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Vol. 46, Nov., 2000 (Nov., 2000), pp. 244-256". http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4606(200011)46%3C244%3ASOH1F1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
- ^ HORSTADIUS S (1950). "The mechanics of sea urchin development". L' Année biologique 26 (8): 381–98. PMID 14790592.
- ^ Thorogood P (1989). "The Neural Crest. Including a Facsimile Reprint of The Neural Crest by Sven Horstadius. Brian K. Hall. Oxford University Press, New York, 1988. viii, 303 pp., illus. $60". Science 246 (4936): 1503. doi:. PMID 17756010.
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